Stars and Stripes, Oct 24, 1954
KComZ Soldier Teaches English
to Korean Waifs
TAEGU, Korea (KComZ) - PFC Larry Stracener, KComZ
AG Section, an orphan himself, has adopted a Korean orphanage as his
personal AFAK project.
He spends four hours each evening teaching English
to 58 children of the Salvation Army Home for Girls in Taeju.
Handicapped by lack of coaching aids, the Jacksonville,
Fla., soldier, made his own charts to teach the children the alphabet
and syllable sounds.
Concerned over lack of schoolroom facilities, Stracener
got approval for issue of wood for 30 small desks. He built them
himself on weekends in the 8070th Engineer Co. carpenter
shop. Each is a foot high and has the student's name painted on it.
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